Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-03
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The City Library will be re-opened this
morning, after vacation for house-clean-
ing repairs.
Rev. A. W. Jackson, of Santa Barbara,
will preach in Pioneer Hall tomorrow
morning, before the Unitarian Society.
J. F. Cooper, in card to be found in an
other column, gives flat contradiction to
certain statements made by an evening
paper.
The curfew bell rings now at s P. NJ
Just why it should ring at all is an open
question, as the boys do not pay much at
tention to it.
Swan & Hudson, of Marysyille, were the
successful bidders for constructing the new
Hesperian College at Woodland, their bid
being S16,7S0.
The steamers Governor Dana and Va
runa arrived from the upper Sacramento
yesterday with grain, and the San Joaquin
No. from San Francisco with merchan-
disc.
When the fire bell tolled yesterday after
noon great anxiety was manifested to learn
whose death was being announced, many
persons believing it was that of the Gov
ernor.
Deputy Sheriff Riley brought up from
San Francisco last evening Thomas Muir
ray, who is en- route to Folsom Prison to
serve eight years for an assault to commit
robbery.
The case of the People vs. Kennedy, for
opening and secreting letters in the Sacra-
mento Postofice. will come up for another
trial in the United States Circuit Court in
San Francisco to-day.
There came up from San Francisco by
yesterdays steamer large balloon, with
basket and other fittings complete. con-
signed to w. 4. Leveridge. Evidently a
balloon ascension in this vicinity is on the
tapis.
The average Signal Service temperature
yesterday was 100, being the same as the
normal for that day. The highest and
lowest temperature was 90o and $50, with
gentle to fresh southerly winds and clear
weather.
Two boys, r. D. Shields and Jake Metz
ger, were arrested by officers Carroll and
Starr for disturbing the peace in the east
ern portion of the city last evening-the
only arrests made by the police during the
past twenty -four hours.
Maggie Hill was examined as to her san
ity yesterday by the Commissioners of
Lunacy, who finally continued the exam
ination until to-day for further testimony,
including that of the Steward of the How
| ards, at whose instance she was taken in
| charge.
Spier, the champion long-distance bicycle
rider who rode from New York to San
/ Francisco in eighty-four days, came oyer
| from Woodland yesterday returning finn
his trip to Red Bluff. He went up via
Marysville and Chico and came down on
the other side of the river.
| A correspondent of the RECORD UNION
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Auburn Hotel. who fell and broke his leg
protruding and cutting the main artery
died at 1915 A. NJ. Thursday. Deceased had
many friends and acquaintance in this
city.
A meeting of the Board of City Trustees
was to have been held yesterday to act
upon the cable road franchise; but, at the
request of A. Abbott one of the stock
holders in the enterprise, who desired the
franchise so framed that there would be nc
complaint against it by citizens, action was
deferred.
John Hughes, a boy about 16 years Of
age, ran away from his home at Twenty.
third and NJ streets day or two ago, and
his family have not heard from him since
1t is reported that he secured for his trans
portation an old gray horse with very
bad knee, which had been turned out into
the street by its owner as useless.
Fruit is becoming so scarce that it i:
probable there will be very few NOR,
special trains of it forwarded to the Eas
this season. The canneries are demandin,
great quantity, and offering good price
The express trains, East-bound, take sew
eral carloads every night, including con
siderable proportion of table grapes.